Production Superintendent - Paper Machines

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's Consumer Products Division is hiring an experienced Production Superintendent (Paper Operations Leader) for the Muskogee Paper Mill in Oklahoma for two of our paper machines.

This team leader will report directly to the Paper Machine Leader and be responsible for both salaried manufacturing engineers and performance leaders and non-union hourly operations teams.

They will drive safe, environmentally compliant, and efficient operations - owning production targets, product quality, and the department's financial performance - while leading continuous improvement.

They will develop and coach the crew, leverage cross functional partners and deliver measurable gains in OEE, cost per ton, downtime reduction, and safety metrics.


* This is an accelerated development role for high potential candidates aspiring to expand their career potential within GP hand have high visibility by senior leadership.


* This role works a 9/80 schedule with the ability to have every other Friday off.

Our Team

For over 50 years, the Muskogee Paper Mill has been a major part of the economic lifeblood of the region.

With more than 750 employees, across more than 600 acres, Muskogee strives to lead the tissue, towel, and napkin business.

Our team recently invested more than $50 million to grow our brands and continue to serve our loyal consumers with the great quality they have come to expect.

Learn more by visiting our consumer products homepage.

What You Will Do


* Own an incident free culture for paper machines: lead proactive hazard identification with Lock, Tag and Verify(LTV), use a criticality matrix to prioritize mitigations, enforce permit to work, conduct regular safety observations and audits, and track safety KPIs with corrective action timelines.


* Set and deliver production targets across multiple machines supporting converting with dotted line: develop staffing plans, manage crew assignments, enforce shift to shift handover checklists, run daily production huddles, drive runnability and reduce reel breaks/changeover times to meet throughput and on time delivery goals.


* Maintain product spec compliance (basis weight, moisture, caliper, coating, tensile, etc.): implement SPC/controls, lead root cause analysis for nonconformances, partner with QA and Process Control to reduce variability, and lower scrap and rework rates.


* Collaborate with Maintenance and Reliability to maximize availability: prioritize PMs, spare parts strategy, condition based monitoring, and joint RCA for repeated failures; use Loss time data to reduce unplanned downtime and extend mean time between failures (MTBF).


* Own the P&L drivers: manage operating budget, monitor cost per ton, energy and waste costs, inventory turns and procurement efficiencies; implement cost reduction projects while preserving quality and safety.


* Management of 40+ direct and indirect hourly and salaried team members using Principle Based Manage...